[Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History

Wed Aug 9 20:19:56 UTC 2017

That was really fascinating, Chip.  Thank you.

RyanO

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Very COOL  thanks for sharing this!!!

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While looking for something else on www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org>, I ran
across this article from the Braille Monitor of Janurary, 1973 in a section
called Roundup of State Conventions. As you can see, we were alive and well
back then.

COLORADO CONVENTION
by
John W. Bear
The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, formerly Colorado
Federation of the Blind, held its annual convention at the Holiday Inn in
Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday and Sunday November 11-12, 1972. Two
busy days began when President Lyle Neff called the convention to order
shortly before 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. President Lyle Neff is to be
commended for an excellent job of chairing the convention, in spite of
innumerable changes in his original program and what he felt was his own
lack of experience.
Mr. Manuel Urena, formerly of the Iowa Commission for the Blind, had been
scheduled as the main speaker but became ill. Although not asked until about
9:00 p.m. the previous Thursday, Perry Sundquist, editor of The Braille
Monitor, came to Colorado from California and gave two excellent talks as
well as assisting in other activities. Other speakers included Dr. H. A.
Fonkin, ophthalmologist; Mr. James Shubert, administrator of the Colorado
Library Services of the Blind and Physically Handicapped; Mrs. Marie
Stauter, chairman of our legislative committee; and Mr. Ray McGeorge,
chairman of the NFB of Denver overseas book committee. Mr. McGeorge pointed
out that the cost of mailing these books, for example, between July 1 and
November 1, 1972, over three thousand books at a cost of nearly one thousand
dollars was becoming a heavy burden for the NFB of Denver. Mrs. Ruth Ashby,
president of the NFB of Denver, has suggested an appeal to all affiliates of
the NFB for help, especially since the already high cost makes it nearly
impossible to send much-needed Braille books and writing supplies and
materials for teaching arithmetic.
Most of the delegates recovered sufficiently from an excellent banquet
dinner and dance Saturday night and attended Sunday morning's session. The
resolutions committee presented four resolutions concerning the resistance
of Denver Public Schools to the employment of blind teachers; that the NFB
of Colorado would donate $200 for the overseas Braille book program; the
plans of the Colorado Library for the Blind to move Braille books to Salt
Lake City, Utah; and the National Accreditation Council, all of which were
approved by the delegates.
Miss Judy Miller was elected as correspondence secretary to fill a vacancy
created by a resignation.
Some of the highlights of the affiliate presidents' reports were: Denver,
completion of the Red Cross First Aid Classes, the Braille Book Bank, part
of the college student materials of the National Braille Association to be
located in the NFB of Denver's building at 901 East 17th Avenue, Denver, and
shipment of Braille books to underdeveloped countries; Colorado Springs, one
of its members who is black and who is one of the top students at her
university has raised her family and is competing with some four thousand
younger students; Grand Junction, some of its members being certified as lay
counselors and in related professions in work with drug and alcohol abuse
and mental health; Fort Collins, extensive outdoor activities and musical
projects; and Greeley, its efforts to enroll as members students in the
special education classes at Northern Colorado University.
The delegates voted unanimously to change the name to National Federation of
the Blind of Colorado. The convention ended shortly after noon, but the rest
of the day was taken up with our efforts to get home through a typical Rocky
Mountain Eastern Slope snowstorm which started suddenly about 10 o'clock but
by afternoon had made a slushy, slick mess out of most highways and streets.

Chip Johnson
Technology Instructor

Colorado Center for the Blind
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Chip Johnson
Technology Instructor

Colorado Center for the Blind
Phone: 303.778.1130  Ext:  227
Fax:  303.778.1598
2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
Littleton, CO 80120

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